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Thoughts on the iPhone X?

What are your thoughts on the iPhone X? Is it overpriced? Personally, I think it's really overpriced, it honestly doesn't have anything that's very appealing to me other than the Face-ID, which isn't really that cool as I personally just prefer the finger print.

I also think that it's overrated. First of all, it doesn't have a home button which will take a while to get used to, and the camera isn't that much better than the previous iPhones.

The iPhone X is a joke. Apple is a joke at this point. I was never a fan of Apple (only Apple product I've ever owned is my iPod Touch 4th Gen, and it works fine.) I've always used Android for my smartphones, and I like it better than I do iOS. Apple has a couple of rather pernicious habits: planned obsolescence, and neutering their products. They intentionally stop updating software to get consumers to purchase the latest edition of the same thing. I tried getting this site's app on my iPod and it said I had to upgrade to iOS 8 (I'm at iOS 6.) Plus, Apple has been getting rid of things like the headphone jack and extra USB ports, which are useful tools, in order to make consumers pay through the nose for dongles and AirPods and other nonsense.

Frankly, I'm not a fan of Apple. They used to make good products, but they jumped the shark a while back.

A boy has the right to dream. There are endless possibilities stretched out before him....

I'm not an Apple fan either so what I say will be mostly opinionated. I really just don't like the interface of the phones in general. I feel like year after year, these iPhones get more expensive and only offer less. It is over priced in comparison to what you can get from China as far as hardware goes.

You are right; it's overrated and way overpriced. I imagine that the cost to build the phone sums about to only $400, then you pay an additional $600 or so for the Apple logo on the back or to shoulder their marketing expenses. They also remove the headphone jack to force you to buy their accessories. It's not the best decision you'll make if ever you are planning to purchase one.